An undertaking on the huge cost of funerals

I HAVE to return to the matter of the cost of dying issue mentioned here last week, because of the interesting width and depth of the responses received, and the new information that has accordingly come to hand.

The topic might seem a little grisly in this emerging season of peace and goodwill, but fundamentally, this is a grave matter in all senses of the word, and I have to do my duty. And there is good news too.

I learn from reliable sources, for example, that cost-aware families and relatives are already shopping around when they need the services of an undertaker. That is good news indeed, and I suppose that demand is imposing some kind of muted cut-price pressure on our undertaking brethren.